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On This Day (December 8th) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on December 8th?
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1. 1660 – A woman appears on an English public stage for the first time, in a production of which of Shakespeare's plays ?
Othello
As You Like It
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2. 1851 – Government troops defeat rebels at the Battle of Loncomilla, signaling the end of which country's revolution ?
Bolivia
Chile
El Salvador
Suriname
3. 1907 – King Gustaf V accedes to the throne of which nation ?
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Sweden
4. 1914 – World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the battle of which islands ?
Maldives
Falkland Islands
Marshall Islands
Canary Islands
5. 1936 – David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer is born. He is probably best known for which 1970's TV series ?
The Waltons
Hawaii 5-0
M*A*S*H
Kung Fu
6. 1941 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on which nation ?
Germany
Italy
Japan
China
7. 1943 – World War II: The German 117th Jäger Division destroys the monastery of Mega Spilaio in which country ?
Albania
Turkey
France
Greece
8. 1962 – Workers at four newspapers (this later increases to nine) in which US city go on strike for 114 days ?
New York
Washington
Los Angeles
Miami
9. 1966 – The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in which sea ?
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
North Sea
Red Sea
10. 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on which of Pakistan's cities ?
Karachi
Islamabad
Hyderabad
Lahore
11. 1980 – Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in front of The Dakota in which New York borough ?
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
12. 1987 – Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at which venue ?
The White House
The Kremlin
The Pentagon
Winter Palace
13. 2013 – Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in which district ?
Queenstown
Little India
Woodlands
Pandan Gardens
14. 2013 – Which band performs a show in Antarctica, making them the first band to perform on all 7 continents ?
Iron Maiden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Metallica
Coldplay
15. 2013 – In its second season, Atlanta United FC wins the MLS Cup, defeating the which team 2–0 in front of a record crowd of 73,019 ?
Portland Timbers
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo FC
Seattle Sounders FC
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